Forget everything you think you know about the Gardner Museum art heist — the Mob, Whitey Bulger, men dressed as cops, the IRA — forget all that. A pair of local amateur detectives have developed a compelling theory suggesting that it was avant-garde filmmaker, former MIT art lecturer, and self-described sociopath, Joseph Gibbons, who robbed …
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(10.1) We are sending you across the river for this one. Fans of the first season of Crimetown should head over to the Weaver Library this Tuesday for an author talk by Dr. Barbara Roberts. She will be discussing her book “The Doctor Broad: A Mafia Love Story.” Dr. Barbara Roberts, author of The Doctor …
(9.22) Bestselling author, host of MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes, and Brown alum, Chris Hayes, takes on policing and democracy in his latest book, A Colony in a Nation. Hayes fans should head over to the Granoff Center this Saturday morning for “A Conversation with Chris Hayes,” sponsored by the Center for the Study …
(10.26) Meet crime reporter Maureen Boyle tonight at Books on the Square and learn about her book “Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer.” Eleven women went missing over the spring and summer of 1988 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, an old fishing port known as the Whaling City, where Moby Dick, …
On Monday we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. and I would like to echo the suggestion made by Jim Vincent, president of the Providence NAACP, in today’s ProJo — “Honor King with probation reform.” Rhode Island has the second-highest probation rate in the country – one in 20 adult men are on probation at any …
Since the federal government declared its war on drugs several decades ago the clearance rate of homicides throughout the country has steadily declined. Data available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (based on the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports) show that the percentage of homicides “solved” nationwide decreased from 72% in 1980 to 64% in 2008. …
Ten years ago U.S. District Court Judge Ronald R. Lagueux reluctantly sentenced Denise Dallaire to 15 years in prison for selling crack cocaine; one of the more invidious initiatives in the war on drugs — mandatory sentencing guidelines — left him no choice. The New York Times reports that last month Judge Lagueux had an …
AS220 Youth invites you to join RI Kids Count for a community presentation of ‘Data in Your Backyard’ exploring Juvenile Justice in Rhode Island. Discussed will be information that reflects the recent and rapid move towards community-based correction. As a dramatic drop in the number of incarcerated youth has been seen in the state, there …
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Late last month, the Marijuana Policy Project commissioned Public Policy Polling to survey Rhode Island voter attitudes toward marijuana policy. The results are in, and the numbers indicate that Rhode Islanders from both sides of the aisle are ready for change with an overwhelming 65% supporting a decrease in the penalties for simple possession of …
[youtube]J0IpiATxdR4[/youtube] A question advocating marijuana legalization from a retired LAPD deputy chief of police won twice as many votes as any other video question in the White House’s “Your Interview with the President” competition on YouTube this weekend. President Obama is slated to answer some of the top-voted questions on Monday. The marijuana question was …
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(1.5) Providence writer Jon Land and FBI agent Robert Fitzpatrick will be at Books on the Square this Thursday to promote their book Betrayal: Whitey Bulger and the FBI Agent Who Fought To Bring Him Down. Robert Fitzpatrick spent twenty-plus years as an FBI agent and chief in a career highlighted by his involvement in …
I can’t remember if I’ve posted about this yet: There’s legislation moving through Congress that would make it a felony — punishable by up to 5 years in prison — for Internet users to stream certain content 10 times over 180 days. It’s vague and crazy and would turn countless Internet users into criminals. And …
Thank you, Governor, for serving as the voice of reason. “Mr. Pleau is incarcerated in the Adult Correctional Institute (ACI) and currently stands untried for the September 20, 2010 robbery and murder of David D. Main. A transfer of Mr. Pleau to temporary federal custody would potentially expose him to the death penalty, a penalty …
U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden in a firefight north of Islamabad on Sunday. U.S. helicopters ferried troops from Navy SEAL Team Six, a top military counter-terrorism unit, into the compound identified by the CIA as bin Laden’s hideout – and back out again in less than 40 minutes. Bin Laden was shot in the …
Okay it’s time to watch another TV show where we all try to see what’s behind the actors the whole time. Hey, that’s my nail salon! It’s where the school used to be! Finally, a crime drama about forensic medicine. Crews from the new ABC show — starring Dana Delany as a flawed but brilliant …
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I was not a supporter of criminalizing indoor prostitution, but the police and other agencies have done good work in targeting traffickers, not victims. It takes time, money and political will to find and stop the real crimes. Also, in a departure from business as usual, customers are being arrested and charged. (Graphic added by …